LIVING WILD 4 Far from the roads and trails frequented by park visitors a cougar makes her way
5 COUGARS silently along the rocky ledge of a small canyon She is stalking a mule deer
6 LIVING WILD
I t is midsummer in the forests of Yellowstone National Park Far from the roads and trails frequented by park visitors a cougar makes her way silently along the rocky ledge of a small canyon She is stalking a mule deer Oblivious to the cat’s presence the deer pauses at a bearberry shrub to nibble at the dark green leaves and soft twigs Suddenly the cougar leaps off the ledge and lands on the deer’s back COUGARS 7